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Photography
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Declaration of Independence
A statement adopted by the Continental Congress, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states. -
"View from the Window at Le Gras"
It was taken and developed by French photographer Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. His process was called "heliography" or sun drawing. Long process: the exposure time was about 8 hrs. -
First Negative
The inventor of the first negative from which multiple postive prints were made was Henry Fox Talbot. He perfected this paper-negative process and called it a calotype, Greek for beautiful picture. -
Avertising Photograph
First advertisement with a photograph made in Philadelphia. -
Emancipation Proclamation
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The Gettysburg Address
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Oldest Color Photograph
The oldest known color photograph was taken by Louis Ducos du Hauron in 1872. The photo is of a view of Angouleme in Southern France. -
Revolver Camera
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, we saw a boom in the design and production of cameras concealed in everyday objects. Many of these cameras were sold for detective works. During this year E. Enjalbert made a camera within a revolver gun. -
Van Gogh-Starry Night
Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy. -
"The Largest Photograph in the World of the Handsomest Train in the World."
George R. Lawrence built this mammoth 900 lb. camera, then the world’s largest, for $5,000. It took 15 men to move and operate the gigantic camera. The plate was 8 x 4.5 ft in size. -
Mona Lisa Stolen
When Leonardo de Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Lourve, 6 replicas were sold as the original 3 years before the original was recovered. -
Military Photograph
Photographers Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas took a photograph of 30,000 military officers and men at Camp Custer, Michigan. A special 70-foot tower was built for this purpose. -
First Flash Bulb
The first modern photoflash bulb or flashbulb was invented by Austrian, Paul Vierkotter. On September 23, 1930, the first commercially available photoflash bulb was patented by German, Johannes Ostermeier. These flashbulbs were named the Vacublitz. -
Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur by Pablo Picasso
The painting, more than 5 feet by 4 feet, shows Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, both reclining and as a bust. Worth about $106,500,000. -
Disposable Camera
Fuji came out with the first one. They wanted people to think of it as a "single use camera," because they recycle the parts.
